Background
Joan Holub was born in 1956 in Texas, United States, into the family of an engineer and an attorney.
Austin, TX 78712, USA
Holub graduated from the University of Texas with a fine arts degree.
Austin, TX 78712, USA
Holub graduated from the University of Texas with a fine arts degree.
(There are many different kinds of dogs and so much to fin...)
There are many different kinds of dogs and so much to find out about them. Why do dogs bark, howl, or bury bones? Why do they like to lick and sniff people? What jobs can dogs do? You'll find the answers to these questions and many more in this fact-filled reader about man's best friend.
https://www.amazon.com/Dogs-Penguin-Young-Readers-Level/dp/0140567895/?tag=2022091-20
2001
https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Countdown-Joan-Holub-ebook/dp/B00JRMY0NK/?tag=2022091-20
2009
(It's picture day at the dog park. But before the first ph...)
It's picture day at the dog park. But before the first photo can be taken, an exuberant pack of pups needs a bit of grooming. So they’re off to Shampoodle, the local pet salon, where the eager dogs simply cannot sit still. And when some curious cats stop by, things go from messy to mayhem. Shampoodle is perfect for animal lovers and children who are just starting to read on their own, taking their cues from lively art and bubbly, rhymed text. Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.
https://www.amazon.com/Shampoodle-Step-into-Reading-Holub/dp/0375855769/?tag=2022091-20
2009
(Just in time for baseball season! Babe Ruth came from a p...)
Just in time for baseball season! Babe Ruth came from a poor Baltimore family and, as a kid, he was a handful. It was at a reform school that Babe discovered his talent for baseball, and by the age of nineteen, he was on his way to becoming a sports legend. Babe was often out of shape and even more often out on the town, but he had a big heart and an even bigger swing! Kids will learn all about the Home Run King in this rags-to- riches sports biography. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, a true sports legend is brought to life.
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Was-Babe-Ruth-ebook/dp/B005ERIJU2/?tag=2022091-20
2012
(Meet Cassandra, the newest student at Mount Olympus Acade...)
Meet Cassandra, the newest student at Mount Olympus Academy! She has an amazing talent—but will her new friends believe her? This Goddess Girls story is based on the myth of Cassandra, who has the gift of seeing the future—except no one believes her. Can Apollo, the god of prophecy, help his new crush?
https://www.amazon.com/Cassandra-Lucky-Goddess-Girls-Book-ebook/dp/B00BHGV46K/?tag=2022091-20
2013
(A construction site crew is busy at work in this rhyming ...)
A construction site crew is busy at work in this rhyming Step 1 early reader. As the work continues, readers are in for a surprise--the "crew" is actually a group of young friends engaged in a fun day of dramatic play. Two sheets of vehicle-themed stickers are included. It's a natural for young readers who love to build and are fans of vehicles that dig, scoop, and sometimes go ka-boom! Step 1 readers have big type and easy words, rhyme and rhythm, and picture clues, for children who know the alphabet and are ready to read.
https://www.amazon.com/Scoop-Ka-boom-Step-into-Reading/dp/0375869107/?tag=2022091-20
2013
(When a flock of angry birds threaten Zeus and his fellow ...)
When a flock of angry birds threaten Zeus and his fellow Olympians, they need the help of a new friend—assuming the stranger is actually a friend! After a horrible drought, Zeus and his fellow Olympians are determined to help restore the land as they try to figure out their current mission, to find a special shield called an aegis. Thanks to some grateful villagers, who benefit from the rain and crops that the young Olympians magically create, they find the armor they need. But they are suddenly swarmed by birds—thousands of killer, scary birds. And when a mysterious boy appears in the chaos, it looks like he might be more connected to the Olympians than they think. Is he friend…or foe?
https://www.amazon.com/Apollo-Battle-Birds-Heroes-Training-ebook/dp/B00DA7MKE4/?tag=2022091-20
2014
(A Grimmtastic girl named Cinderella is starting her first...)
A Grimmtastic girl named Cinderella is starting her first week at Grimm Academy on the wrong foot. Cinda's totally evil stepsisters are out to make her life miserable. The Steps tease Cinda, give her terrible advice about life at the academy, and even make her look bad in front of her new friends, Red, Snow, and Rapunzel! But when Cinda overhears the Steps plotting a villainous deed that could ruin Prince Awesome's ball, Cinda, her new friends, and a pair of magical glass slippers have to stop them--before the last stroke of midnight!
https://www.amazon.com/Grimmtastic-Girls-Cinderella-Paperback-Common/dp/B00JI02DUI/?tag=2022091-20
2014
(When Odysseus goes shopping with his mom, she tells him t...)
When Odysseus goes shopping with his mom, she tells him to stay close, and he does—until he is tempted by The Odyssey–inspired play area in the mall and wanders off. He has fun at first, but when he can’t find Mom, he gets scared. Not to worry: Mom was always close behind, and, reunited, they make their way home together. Conceived and crafted by Greek-mythology expert Joan Holub and illustrated by the bestselling Leslie Patricelli, this book also includes a summary of the original journey of Odysseus.
https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Lost-Odysseus-Mini-Myths/dp/1419718975/?tag=2022091-20
2016
(Acclaimed writer Joan Holub and Caldecott Honoree Melissa...)
Acclaimed writer Joan Holub and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet team up in this hilarious and exuberant retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, in which a brave little red pencil finds her way through the many perils of writing a story.
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Red-Writing-Joan-Holub/dp/1452152098/?tag=2022091-20
2016
(Learn all about the US presidents with this fun and color...)
Learn all about the US presidents with this fun and colorful board book perfect for leaders-in-training! Leading our country. Helping you and me. Keeping all fifty states safe, happy, and free. Little presidents have a great big job. Now even the youngest patriots can learn about America’s presidential history with this bright and playful board book. Highlighting ten of the most memorable presidents—and featuring all forty-four on the last page—parents and presidents-in-training alike will love sharing this fun primer full of age-appropriate facts, leadership skills, and White House history.
https://www.amazon.com/This-Little-President-Presidential-Primer/dp/1481458507/?tag=2022091-20
2016
(Learn all about the most influential explorers who search...)
Learn all about the most influential explorers who searched the world far and wide in this engaging and colorful board book perfect for pioneers-in-training! Little explorers discover a great big world. The follow up to This Little President, now even the youngest adventurers can learn about the greatest explorers in history with this bright and playful board book. Highlighting ten memorable pioneers, parents and young discoverers alike will love sharing this fun historical primer full of age-appropriate facts and bold illustrations.
https://www.amazon.com/This-Little-Explorer-Pioneer-Primer/dp/1481471759/?tag=2022091-20
2016
(Learn all about influential women who changed history in ...)
Learn all about influential women who changed history in this engaging and colorful board book perfect for trailblazers-in-training! Paving the way to a future that’s bright. Helping the world with their skills, smarts, and might. Little trailblazers cause great big changes. In this follow up to This Little President and This Little Explorer, now even the youngest readers can learn all about great and empowering female trailblazers in history! Highlighting ten memorable women leaders who paved the way, parents and little ones alike will love this girl power primer full of fun, age-appropriate facts and bold illustrations.
https://www.amazon.com/This-Little-Trailblazer-Power-Primer/dp/1534401067/?tag=2022091-20
2017
(From the authors of the Goddess Girls series comes the fi...)
From the authors of the Goddess Girls series comes the first book in a brand-new series steeped in Norse mythology, magic, adventure, and friendship. “Gold and Gullveig I cannot see. But here is a vision that comes to me; Adventure for you is about to start. Near Asgard you must find the heart. A Secret world there hides away, which holds the power to stop doomsday!” When eleven-year-old Freya hears that prophecy from her magical jewel, she isn’t sure what to make of it.
https://www.amazon.com/Freya-Magic-Jewel-Thunder-Girls/dp/1481496409/?tag=2022091-20
2018
(From the authors of the Goddess Girls series comes the th...)
From the authors of the Goddess Girls series comes the third book in a series steeped in Norse mythology, magic, adventure, and friendship. Twelve-year-old Idun is the goddess of youth, and her magical and deliciously sweet golden apples are what keep all of the academy’s gods and goddesses healthy and youthful. They grow year-round—even in winter snow—in one very special grove in Asgard. But when the mischievous Loki ends up making a bet that jeopardizes Idun—and her powerful apples—she must figure out a way to protect herself and her magical orchards from a giant who wants those apples all to himself! Can Idun save the apples—and the gods and goddesses who rely on them—from the two bad seeds at Asgard Academy?
https://www.amazon.com/Idun-Apples-Youth-Thunder-Girls-ebook/dp/B07P5GW22T/?tag=2022091-20
2019
Joan Holub was born in 1956 in Texas, United States, into the family of an engineer and an attorney.
Holub graduated from the University of Texas with a fine arts degree.
Joan Holub left a perfectly good job she’d had for nine years as a librarian and editor, her home, and family behind and moved to New York because she wanted to work in the children’s book field. When Joan looks back on it, she can hardly believe she had the guts to make the move. She had been happy working at her job as an art director at a graphic design firm in Texas, but after the move Joan was ecstatic to be working with children’s books in New York. Both the city and the work were exciting.
Before long, Holub began illustrating full time. At the same time, she was writing manuscripts. Her writing began to improve when she began reading lots of children’s books. Previously, she’d primarily been interested in the art in children’s books. But now Joan began reading them, too. This sounds basic, but it helped her tremendously. She found out what kids are reading today. And she found out what subjects and age groups interested her. So far, she's sold seven books: easy readers, novelty books, and chapter books. Joan has about a dozen other manuscripts circulating. Many people dream of writing and illustrating children's books, so there’s a lot of talent and competition in this field. She thinks that the reason she's got published is that she has lots of determination and energy. And she doesn’t have trouble making herself sit down and work.
Holub sometimes begin a book with a title. That may be a result of having worked in design/advertising where she watched the copywriters come up with catchy product names or ad headlines. Holub keeps thinking about it until a story begins to form. Then she sits down and writes. She usually has several stories in progress at once. That way, if one story stumps her momentarily, Joan can move on to another one for a while. Once she really gets a clear vision of the storyline, though. She's reluctant to stop working on it. Some of her books that began with a title are "Boo Who?", "Ivy Green", "Cootie Queen", and "Red, Yellow, Green: What Do Signs Mean?"
She's developed three illustration styles in response to specific books that she's worked on. Joan calls them her "100th Day" (pencil and watercolor). "Sign language" (ink and watercolor), and "Sleepover" (gouache) styles, based on the first or more well-known books she's illustrated in each style.
Author and illustrator Joan Holub is both prolific and multi-talented. Her numerous credits include fiction and nonfiction, as an author, an illustrator, or sometimes both. Joan is greatly famous as a NY Times bestselling children's book author, with books starring goddessgirls, poodles, a superhero zero, or even a red pencil, in stories about friendship, girl-power, mythology, and other universally important stuff.
(When a flock of angry birds threaten Zeus and his fellow ...)
2014(Meet Cassandra, the newest student at Mount Olympus Acade...)
2013(Acclaimed writer Joan Holub and Caldecott Honoree Melissa...)
2016(Learn all about the most influential explorers who search...)
2016(Learn all about influential women who changed history in ...)
2017(When Odysseus goes shopping with his mom, she tells him t...)
2016(From the authors of the Goddess Girls series comes the fi...)
2018(From the authors of the Goddess Girls series comes the th...)
2019(Learn all about the US presidents with this fun and color...)
2016(Just in time for baseball season! Babe Ruth came from a p...)
2012(A Grimmtastic girl named Cinderella is starting her first...)
2014(A construction site crew is busy at work in this rhyming ...)
2013(There are many different kinds of dogs and so much to fin...)
2001(It's picture day at the dog park. But before the first ph...)
2009
Joan married an architect named George.
